WORLD BANK GROUP

May 17, 2013

Athens

Logistics PerformanceWhy it matters?

Jean-François ARVIS,The World Bank

Semantic

Logistics = art of organizing physical movement of goods or supply chains

Logistics performance = national level concept

Trade (and Transport) Facilitation = set of measures and investment to improve logistics performance

Logistics Performance

How do you connect to international logistics networks?

How easy it is for traders to use international networks?

Logistics Performance is very much Endogenous:

= procedures, services, business practices, to clear goods and move them inland.

Logistics Performance and GrowthAggregating individual supply chain logistics

expenses at the national level. (=8 to 30% of GDP)

Productivity and Competitiveness

Sustainable growth.

An array of policy interventions:

Infrastructure and planning

Customs Trade facilitation

Regulation of services

Logistics and connectivity crucial to trade competitiveness

standardized regression coefficients (betas) of trade costs

Distance

Common Language

Tariffs

Air Connectivity

Cost of Starting Business

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

BorderThickness

BilateralCosts

Availability of International Shipments

Customs & Borderprocedures

Timeliness

Tracking and Tracing

Transport &TelecomInfrastructure

Services Quality

SupplyChain Service

Delivery

Service Deliveryperformance outcomes

Service Deliveryperformance outcomesAreas for

policy regulations (inputs)

Areas for policy regulations

(inputs) Time, cost, reliabilityTime, cost, reliability

Time, Cost & Reliability measured in the LPI

The Logistics Performance Index

Measures the overall trade logistics efficiencyof 150+ countries 2007 2010 2012>>2014www.worldbank.org/lpi

• Source of data is suppliers of logistics services (freight forwarders, express carriers), FIATA sponsored

• Rates logistics performance on a scale of 1 to 5

• 6 components

• One overall LPI

The Logistics Performance Index

Greek Position in Logistics Perf.

THANK YOU!…AND LOOKING FORWARD TO

YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE LPI 2014

(SURVEY OCT 2013)